The Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica), Japan's most expensive food fish, is listed as Endangered due to habitat loss, overfishing, migration barriers, pollution, and changes to oceanic currents.
Notes on verification
Directly verbatim-confirmed by the original IUCN Red List statement and corroborated by multiple independent journalistic and scientific sources (SeafoodSource, The Fish Site, CMS, recent scientific papers). [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- IUCN Red List raises more red flags for threatened species (seed:environment_and_wildlife)
- https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/japan-looks-at-alternatives-after-eel-red-listed (corroboration)
- https://thefishsite.com/articles/japan-pushes-eel-farming-after-endangered-species-red-list-placing (corroboration)
- https://www.cms.int/news/european-eel-remains-critically-endangered-latest-iucn-red-list (corroboration)